What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.
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| Birth: | 23rd September, 1930 |
| Death: | 10th June, 2004 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Musician |
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Ray Charles Robinson was an American musician known as Ray Charles He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records.He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums.While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business.”
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